Telugu

noun

Tel·​u·​gu ˈte-lə-ˌgü How to pronounce Telugu (audio)
plural Telugu or Telugus
1
: a member of the largest group of people in Telangana, India
2
: the Dravidian language of the Telugu people

Examples of Telugu in a Sentence

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The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is rolling out an extensive tribute program to honor the 100th birth anniversaries of four Indian cinema legends: actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor, director Tapan Sinha, Telugu cinema star Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR), and singer Mohammed Rafi. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 These networks and offerings are in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and other languages. Rudie Obias, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024 With a collection of $5.2 million in the US markets alone, the Telugu film also made it as the fourth-highest scoring movie over the weekend in the US. Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 With the Telugu Desam Party, the contradiction is less obvious. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for Telugu 

Word History

Etymology

Telugu telũgu, tenũngu

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Telugu was in 1789

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“Telugu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Telugu. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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